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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 22h

Our annual membership special offer opens today! Join us this month to start enjoying 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12. Benefits to you: social/training/access/opportunities & more Benefits to our wild plants: in a changing world, your support is vital! bsbi.org/blog/2026/10...

A group of inclusive botanists stands near the edge of a lake in Aberdeenshire, pointing at some of the aquatic plants and sharing ID tips. Image: Ian Francis

A wet meadow in the Yorkshire Dales, full of Ragged Robin and other wild flowers. Image: Ken Readshaw

Julia Hanmer, BSBI Chief Executive. look up and smiles, surrounded by colleagues on an orchid-hunting trip in the Peak District. Image: Sarah Woods

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We just published our Annual Review 2025/26. It provides a round-up of the amazing achievements of #BSBImembers over the past year: our research, training, outreach & publications. It shows who we are & what we do. Includes a Message from our President + a financial report: bsbi.org/about/who-we...

A Grass-of-Parnassus flower, white with distinctive veining on the petals, photographed by Rebecca Cheape, graces the cover of the BSBI Annual Review.

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A lovely day exploring charophyte ID at Lough Money, Co. Down We refound all 5 species recorded from the site. It was a useful day to begin organising the groups of similar species together based on field morphology. We saw: Chara curta C. virgata C. hispida C. subspinosa C. vulgaris

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David Elston @1davidelston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two unexpected finds on Hill of Fare, South Aberdeenshire, today. Intermediate wintergreen, 22 flowering spikes from this year and only a few metres off a main route up, 2 previous records on the hill. Cloudberry. several scattered locations, mostly in heathy hollows, 3 previous records on the hill.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Quiz Time. Seeds of a native British species (though these are from Continental stock), found on chalk in Southern England.

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sea Aster - Aster tripolium - time. These at #CuckmereHaven at the weekend. An Aster with its own rare bee the Aster Mining Bee; not sure whether this is found here but just a little further east at Rye Harbour it is recorded. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A classic #WildWebsWednesday at this time of year - an Ivy Bee foraging on an Ivy flower in the pub car park in Kenley where we had lunch yesterday. This was after a very interesting tour of the airfield led by volunteers from the Kenley Revival Project.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

(2/2) Frosted Orache - thicker leaves and greyer, growing further down the beach.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Think I’ve got Spear-leaved and Grass-leaved Orache? Or variable forms of Common Orache? Plus Frosted Orache in the second post below. Teesmouth, North Gare. (1/2) #wildflowerHour #wildflowerID

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The Species Recovery Trust @speciesrecovery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meet the rare plant that needs chaos... A thread for #SpeciesOfTheWeek ⤵️

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mjlinde.bsky.social @mjlinde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#TeamMoth #MothsMatter #CocksFootMoths #Glyphipterix#Simpliciella Botanical Society @bsbibotany.bsky.social 📸Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social

"Just 4mm has metallic copper sheen & and black wing spots. Loves wetland meadows full of buttercups.."

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Nicola Crockford @numenini.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Other important components of Little Ouse aquatic vegetation: feathery fronds of River Water-Dropwort (Oenanthe fluviatilis) - see maybe its seedlings; & other umbellifers, Fool's Watercress (Helosciadium nodiflorum) on the river bed & upstanding Lesser Water-Parsnip (Berula erecta) on the margins.

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Flo Fflach @flofflach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Want to stop #doomscrolling? How about #bloomscrolling: search #wildflowerhour for each Sunday's contributions of wild flowers. You could follow @wildflowerhour.bsky.social and join in.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jersey Cudweed: first recorded on Jersey in 1689, now spreading northwards, with a 50-fold increase since 2000. Spread by humans? Spread by birds? Linked to a warming climate? Find out more on its #PlantAtlas2020 page plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9... And keep an eye out for it in your area!

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PlantAtlas

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is the *final day* to submit your entries for the Botanical Photographer of the Year competition. It's easy to send us your photos - if you aren't sure on the identification for a plant, simply tell us that on your entry. Make sure you are in the running! Go, go, go! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What do botanists do in midwinter? 1. They take part in #NewYearPlantHunt: we're already receiving details of planned group hunts across Britain & Ireland bsbi.org/take-part/ac... 2. They go hunting clubmosses: and intrepid young botanist Ben Mountford found one last winter bsbi.org/blog/2026/09...

The green stalks of Interrupted Clubmoss stand out among the bare stems of Heather in midwinter. Image: Ben Mountford

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Martine🦋Brennan🍄 @martinebrennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Flowers seen in my meadow yesterday for #wildflowerhour - Charlock, Treacle Mustard, Dandelion, Autumn Hawkbit and Red Clover

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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Devil's-bit scabious from Lowerwoods Glos #wildflowerhour

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wild Carrot, Musk Storksbill, Russian Vine and Vervain Cornwall this week for #wildflowerhour

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Emma @lionhaven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Very very late for #Wildflowerhour 😔 Gypsywort, Orange Hawkweed and Marsh Cudweed this week @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Nicola Crockford @numenini.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some good beds of Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) along this reach of the River Little Ouse, still in flower along with the Water Mint (Mentha aquatica). Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) looking distinctly autumnal as are sloe laden boughs of Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). #Wildflowerhour

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Martine🦋Brennan🍄 @martinebrennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Flowers all seen in a local nature area at the weekend for #wildflowerhour: Fairy Flax, white Herb Robert, Eyebright, Brookweed, Rosebay Willowherb and Common Centaury.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great day recently on the saltmarsh at Greyabbey with #BotanicalSkillsNI and Co. Down VCR Graham Day. Compared two eelgrasses, tackled glassworts & oraches, found four glasswort species plus Kattegat Orache (Atriplex x gustafssoniana), phew! Check out bsbi.org/take-part/pr...

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Based in Ireland? Booked yet for this autumn's big event for all Irish plant- lovers? Taking place this Saturday 3 October in Enniskillen. Small registration fee includes lunch/tea/coffee & all workshops. Don't miss out, it will be a great day! www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

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Irish Autumn Meeting & AGM

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day after tomorrow 👇

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good morning & welcome to a new week! This week's featured tour is Orchids of the Gargano Peninsula. Europe's natural rock garden is a wonderful orchid-hunting venue with massive diversity to see there. The tour generates a donation to @bsbibotany.bsky.social www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...

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Jess Stokes @jessstokes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Swathes of Forked Catchfly (Silene dichotoma) in flower on a greenfield site in Thetford this afternoon! #WildFlowerHour

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Prostrate Pigweed Amaranthus blitoides from Hampshire's Test Valley at the weekend. Wasn't here two weeks ago but a bit of rain has made it pop up. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Limonium intercedens found by a colleague at Colne Point last week. A new species for Essex.

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two days to go until our online AGM! Register now at www.tickettailor.com/events/botan... This is a great opportunity for #BSBIMembers to find out more about our work in Scotland, #getinvolved, and enjoy a talk by @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social on #endemic wildlife to sweeten the deal 😉🥰

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Scotland AGM 2026 – Zoom, Tue 29 Sep 2026 - All BSBI members in Scotland (and Vice-County Recorders of Scottish vice-counties) are invited to attend the Scotland Annual General Meeting (AGM), being he...

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Still lots of wild plants in bloom for #WildFlowerHour and we cherish them more as the days shorten & we head into autumn. Have a great week, remember to get your Botanical Photographer of the Year entries in by 30 September and hope to see you again next Sunday! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A lone Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, in a pine wood today. #Suffolk #Brecks #WildflowerHour

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Flo Fflach @flofflach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lapsana communis ~ Cartheig ~ nipplewort having a new spring, had to push it over a bit because right by the door. Old seedheads nearby. Sir Benfro #Wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbicymru.bsky.social

dried seedheads of Lapsana communis, very delicate and long stems, sunlit with shadows against a pale green background

Lapsana communis against a white wall, in flower, in sunlight, shadows on the wall

Lapsana communis
Cymraeg: cartheig, cartheig cyffredin,
Breton: laeshegez-koad, louzaouenn-ar-vronn
Cornish: losowen tēthen, tēthles
Ballagan, Bare-land leaf, boglan-leaves, carpenter’s apron,
dock-cress, hasty-roger, hasty-sergeant, hawk’s beard,
jack-in-the-bush, lamb’s lettuce, Mary alone, nipplewort,
pig’s cress, swine’s cress, wormwood

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johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A solitary Mouse-ear hawkweed flower amongst some local Lincolnshire limestone coversand. #Wildflowerhour

A pale lemon flower atop a rosette of downy leaves with an emergent closed flowerbud. Against a backdrop of sparsely vegetated dune like landscape with scattered scrub

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yarrow 🌱 #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling

Small, tightly packed white flower heads arranged in flat-topped clusters.

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NaomiW @naomiwilde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This musk mallow was so pretty when most other flowers had faded #wildflowerhour

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RG.Forrest @rgforrest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Iris foetidissima, aka (stinking Iris) aka (Roast beef plant) taken Hampshire Nee forest. #wildflowerhour

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Shelfish Thinking @shelfishthinking.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Strolling to post a parcel, I noticed orange hawkweed strewn among a grassy patch on the side of the road. Vibrant, full of life - waving me on my way. Orange is often associated with autumn, but I think it holds its own in any season 🌼🍁 #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour #BritishWildflowers

Small, vibrant flowers - visually similar to daisies, but bright orange - burst into the bottom left corner of the frame. Long overgrown grass, a lush green, fills the rest of the frame

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A clump of chamomile flowers, and an apparently free roaming chicken 🌱 #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Devilsbit Scabious & Goldenrod at Brakeybank Wood, Tudeley #wildflowerhour

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Susan Davies @smdavies67.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Still splashes of colour around in shady waters, along rocky shores and meadow areas @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #EastLothian #wildflowers

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Sarah @sarahsramblings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Purples and pinks Soapwort, lesser burdock, marsh woundwort, creeping thistle, the last flowers of hemp agrimony and autumn crocus #Wildflowerhour

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bicoloured clump of Common Heather at Brosdwater Warren #wildflowerhour

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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#WildflowerHour #WildflowerAllotment Field Woundwort thriving. And here's a favourite fact... 'As its common name 'field woundwort' suggests, this herb has been used since Roman times in healing wounds, and its seeds, scattered by Roman soldiers, mark the lines of Roman roads.'

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hellohoney @hellohoney01.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nodding Ladies’-Tresses A native orchid White blooms curl along the stem, A gentle gift from nature’s gem. #wildflowerhour #photography #orchid #eastcoastkin #stunday

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Andrew Jewels @andrew-jewels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#WildFlowerHour A spectacular Amaranthus sp. flowering along a trackway north of Hayes Hill Farm, in the Lee Valley on Monday 21st September. #EssexFlora

Tall green flowered plant on side of pathway

Green flowered plant with oval leaves and red stems

Close up of green flower spikes with pathway and hedge in background

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rogerrob473.bsky.social @rogerrob473.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

More chiltern gentian surprises. Just when I thought last week’s find was a one-off, I discovered a few more plants in flower in the sunshine this week, at Streatley (W. Berks). #wildflowerhour

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Lesley Totten @lesleytotten.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Soggy botanising in the lush Tyne Water Valley, Midlothian. Lots of flowers but only managed a couple of photos due to the rain Toadflax and maybe some type of rocket/mustard ? #wildflowerID #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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